Grain Lower, Cattle Lower, Pork Lower

Grains futures were lower Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery was 9.75 cents lower at 6.52 a bushel; March corn was 3 cents lower at 4.3350 a bushel; March oats were unchanged at $3.2675 a bushel; while January soybeans was 8.50 cents lower at 13.21 a bushel.

Beef was lower pork lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle declined .47 cent to $1.3225 a pound; January feeder cattle was .05 cent lower at $1.6500 a pound; February lean hogs were .50 cent lower at $.8850 a pound.